Before joining Venable, Jahmel was the 17th Ralph C. Menapace fellow in Urban Land Use Law at the Municipal Art Society of New York. In this role, he worked on policy development and legal advocacy addressing current urban land use issues in New York City, such as affordable housing, environmental review regulations, climate adaptation, historic preservation, and land use and zoning laws.
While attending Rutgers Law School, Jahmel served as a property law teaching fellow and as a student attorney in the Civil Justice Clinic, where he focused on federal and state housing law. He was also a National Mock Trial Team member.